Can't work IE with wireless

After a lot of problems I'm connected via wireless to my pc. I'm using
talktalk as the isp and a belkin modem/router. I know that I'm
connected as i've got the icon in the bottom right hand corner and also
I can send/receive emails via outlook. However, I cant use Internet
Explorer. I've made sure that on IE connections it says do not dial. I
just get the standard screen message error.

Any ideas what I should do? Would appreciate any help.

Many thanks
Peter

"peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165781299.742760.140500@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com...
> After a lot of problems I'm connected via wireless to my pc. I'm using
> talktalk as the isp and a belkin modem/router. I know that I'm
> connected as i've got the icon in the bottom right hand corner and also
> I can send/receive emails via outlook. However, I cant use Internet
> Explorer. I've made sure that on IE connections it says do not dial. I
> just get the standard screen message error.
>
> Any ideas what I should do? Would appreciate any help.
>
> Many thanks
> Peter
>
In Internet Explorer Tools->Internet Options->Connections click on the LAN
Settings button and untick 'Proxy server'.

I've tried this, but no luck (it wasn't checked in the first place).
I've tried with LAN on detect automatically checked and unchecked -
still no luck.

Any more ideas? How can I be 100% that I am connected via wireless
(maybe this is a stupid question)

Peter

M wrote:

> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165781299.742760.140500@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com...
> > After a lot of problems I'm connected via wireless to my pc. I'm using
> > talktalk as the isp and a belkin modem/router. I know that I'm
> > connected as i've got the icon in the bottom right hand corner and also
> > I can send/receive emails via outlook. However, I cant use Internet
> > Explorer. I've made sure that on IE connections it says do not dial. I
> > just get the standard screen message error.
> >
> > Any ideas what I should do? Would appreciate any help.
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Peter
> >
> In Internet Explorer Tools->Internet Options->Connections click on the LAN
> Settings button and untick 'Proxy server'.

I would try to ping your router probably 192.168.1.1 and if this succeeds it
would try to ping www.google.com. Are you sure you have not blocked
Internet Explorer in your firewall? I would also try a different browser.
"peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165788955.061074.216910@j44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> I've tried this, but no luck (it wasn't checked in the first place).
> I've tried with LAN on detect automatically checked and unchecked -
> still no luck.
>
> Any more ideas? How can I be 100% that I am connected via wireless
> (maybe this is a stupid question)
>
> Peter
>
> M wrote:
>
>> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1165781299.742760.140500@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com...
>> > After a lot of problems I'm connected via wireless to my pc. I'm using
>> > talktalk as the isp and a belkin modem/router. I know that I'm
>> > connected as i've got the icon in the bottom right hand corner and also
>> > I can send/receive emails via outlook. However, I cant use Internet
>> > Explorer. I've made sure that on IE connections it says do not dial. I
>> > just get the standard screen message error.
>> >
>> > Any ideas what I should do? Would appreciate any help.
>> >
>> > Many thanks
>> > Peter
>> >
>> In Internet Explorer Tools->Internet Options->Connections click on the
>> LAN
>> Settings button and untick 'Proxy server'.
>

I've found an unsecured wireless network (probably one of my
neighbours) and I can connect using it!! So even though it only has one
bar it's fine. But my network (that I pay for) that has five bars, I
can't connect to?

M wrote:
> I would try to ping your router probably 192.168.1.1 and if this succeeds it
> would try to ping www.google.com. Are you sure you have not blocked
> Internet Explorer in your firewall? I would also try a different browser.
> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165788955.061074.216910@j44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > I've tried this, but no luck (it wasn't checked in the first place).
> > I've tried with LAN on detect automatically checked and unchecked -
> > still no luck.
> >
> > Any more ideas? How can I be 100% that I am connected via wireless
> > (maybe this is a stupid question)
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > M wrote:
> >
> >> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1165781299.742760.140500@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com...
> >> > After a lot of problems I'm connected via wireless to my pc. I'm using
> >> > talktalk as the isp and a belkin modem/router. I know that I'm
> >> > connected as i've got the icon in the bottom right hand corner and also
> >> > I can send/receive emails via outlook. However, I cant use Internet
> >> > Explorer. I've made sure that on IE connections it says do not dial. I
> >> > just get the standard screen message error.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas what I should do? Would appreciate any help.
> >> >
> >> > Many thanks
> >> > Peter
> >> >
> >> In Internet Explorer Tools->Internet Options->Connections click on the
> >> LAN
> >> Settings button and untick 'Proxy server'.
> >

Perhaps you have an encryption key (WEP or WPA) and need to re-key this back
into to your PC. Maybe you router is filtering by MAC address and has
'lost' the MAC address of this PC.
"peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165794948.854017.109490@j72g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> I've found an unsecured wireless network (probably one of my
> neighbours) and I can connect using it!! So even though it only has one
> bar it's fine. But my network (that I pay for) that has five bars, I
> can't connect to?
>
> M wrote:
>> I would try to ping your router probably 192.168.1.1 and if this succeeds
>> it
>> would try to ping www.google.com. Are you sure you have not blocked
>> Internet Explorer in your firewall? I would also try a different
>> browser.
>> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1165788955.061074.216910@j44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > I've tried this, but no luck (it wasn't checked in the first place).
>> > I've tried with LAN on detect automatically checked and unchecked -
>> > still no luck.
>> >
>> > Any more ideas? How can I be 100% that I am connected via wireless
>> > (maybe this is a stupid question)
>> >
>> > Peter
>> >
>> > M wrote:
>> >
>> >> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1165781299.742760.140500@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> > After a lot of problems I'm connected via wireless to my pc. I'm
>> >> > using
>> >> > talktalk as the isp and a belkin modem/router. I know that I'm
>> >> > connected as i've got the icon in the bottom right hand corner and
>> >> > also
>> >> > I can send/receive emails via outlook. However, I cant use Internet
>> >> > Explorer. I've made sure that on IE connections it says do not dial.
>> >> > I
>> >> > just get the standard screen message error.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas what I should do? Would appreciate any help.
>> >> >
>> >> > Many thanks
>> >> > Peter
>> >> >
>> >> In Internet Explorer Tools->Internet Options->Connections click on the
>> >> LAN
>> >> Settings button and untick 'Proxy server'.
>> >
>

I may have found my problem. I have a belkin modem/router. My laptop
doesn't have an inbuilt network adaptor so I borrowed one that plugs
into the USB plug. It's a Netgear product. Can I use a netgear usb
adaptor to connect to a belkin modem/router?

Peter

M wrote:

> Perhaps you have an encryption key (WEP or WPA) and need to re-key this back
> into to your PC. Maybe you router is filtering by MAC address and has
> 'lost' the MAC address of this PC.
> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165794948.854017.109490@j72g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > I've found an unsecured wireless network (probably one of my
> > neighbours) and I can connect using it!! So even though it only has one
> > bar it's fine. But my network (that I pay for) that has five bars, I
> > can't connect to?
> >
> > M wrote:
> >> I would try to ping your router probably 192.168.1.1 and if this succeeds
> >> it
> >> would try to ping www.google.com. Are you sure you have not blocked
> >> Internet Explorer in your firewall? I would also try a different
> >> browser.
> >> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1165788955.061074.216910@j44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >> > I've tried this, but no luck (it wasn't checked in the first place).
> >> > I've tried with LAN on detect automatically checked and unchecked -
> >> > still no luck.
> >> >
> >> > Any more ideas? How can I be 100% that I am connected via wireless
> >> > (maybe this is a stupid question)
> >> >
> >> > Peter
> >> >
> >> > M wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1165781299.742760.140500@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com...
> >> >> > After a lot of problems I'm connected via wireless to my pc. I'm
> >> >> > using
> >> >> > talktalk as the isp and a belkin modem/router. I know that I'm
> >> >> > connected as i've got the icon in the bottom right hand corner and
> >> >> > also
> >> >> > I can send/receive emails via outlook. However, I cant use Internet
> >> >> > Explorer. I've made sure that on IE connections it says do not dial.
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > just get the standard screen message error.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Any ideas what I should do? Would appreciate any help.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Many thanks
> >> >> > Peter
> >> >> >
> >> >> In Internet Explorer Tools->Internet Options->Connections click on the
> >> >> LAN
> >> >> Settings button and untick 'Proxy server'.
> >> >
> >

The different brands should not be an issue. I have a 3Com router and a
desktop PC with a Dabs Value wireless PCI card and this works fine.

"peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165843594.176057.290720@80g2000cwy.googlegro ups.com...
>I may have found my problem. I have a belkin modem/router. My laptop
> doesn't have an inbuilt network adaptor so I borrowed one that plugs
> into the USB plug. It's a Netgear product. Can I use a netgear usb
> adaptor to connect to a belkin modem/router?
>
> Peter
>
> M wrote:
>
>> Perhaps you have an encryption key (WEP or WPA) and need to re-key this
>> back
>> into to your PC. Maybe you router is filtering by MAC address and has
>> 'lost' the MAC address of this PC.
>> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1165794948.854017.109490@j72g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> > I've found an unsecured wireless network (probably one of my
>> > neighbours) and I can connect using it!! So even though it only has one
>> > bar it's fine. But my network (that I pay for) that has five bars, I
>> > can't connect to?
>> >
>> > M wrote:
>> >> I would try to ping your router probably 192.168.1.1 and if this
>> >> succeeds
>> >> it
>> >> would try to ping www.google.com. Are you sure you have not blocked
>> >> Internet Explorer in your firewall? I would also try a different
>> >> browser.
>> >> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1165788955.061074.216910@j44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> > I've tried this, but no luck (it wasn't checked in the first place).
>> >> > I've tried with LAN on detect automatically checked and unchecked -
>> >> > still no luck.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any more ideas? How can I be 100% that I am connected via wireless
>> >> > (maybe this is a stupid question)
>> >> >
>> >> > Peter
>> >> >
>> >> > M wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> "peter" <peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:1165781299.742760.140500@l12g2000cwl.googlegr oups.com...
>> >> >> > After a lot of problems I'm connected via wireless to my pc. I'm
>> >> >> > using
>> >> >> > talktalk as the isp and a belkin modem/router. I know that I'm
>> >> >> > connected as i've got the icon in the bottom right hand corner
>> >> >> > and
>> >> >> > also
>> >> >> > I can send/receive emails via outlook. However, I cant use
>> >> >> > Internet
>> >> >> > Explorer. I've made sure that on IE connections it says do not
>> >> >> > dial.
>> >> >> > I
>> >> >> > just get the standard screen message error.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Any ideas what I should do? Would appreciate any help.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Many thanks
>> >> >> > Peter
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> In Internet Explorer Tools->Internet Options->Connections click on
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> LAN
>> >> >> Settings button and untick 'Proxy server'.
>> >> >
>> >
>

On 11 Dec 2006 05:26:34 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless , "peter"
<peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote:

>I may have found my problem. I have a belkin modem/router. My laptop
>doesn't have an inbuilt network adaptor so I borrowed one that plugs
>into the USB plug. It's a Netgear product. Can I use a netgear usb
>adaptor to connect to a belkin modem/router?

Yes, they're interchangeable - thats the point of the 802.11
standardization.

So your problem lies elsewhere, probably the encryption settings.
--
Mark McIntyre